WorksheetsTheories & Founders Sociology - Unit 1 Topic 2
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 18mins
Who is considered the founding father of Sociology?
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
Herbert Spencer
Max Weber
Believed societies were evolving from lower to higher (“civilized”) forms.
Herbert Spencer
Harriet Martineau
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Who stated that there is a similarity between women and slaves and how they are treated?
Herbert Spencer
Harriet Martineau
Emile Durkheim
Auguste Comte
Who said there would be a revolution by the people that would lead to a classless society?
Herbert Spencer
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Stated that the best way to understand human behavior is from the perspective of someone who “has been there” (subjective meanings)
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Who said natural selection would ensure the survival of the fittest people in society?
Harriet Martineau
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Herbert Spencer
Whose main concern for studying society was so that improvements could be made?
Auguste Comte
Harriet Martineau
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Who said social behavior must be explained by social factors instead of individual psychological factors?
Harriet Martineau
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
Karl Marx
Who is considered a founder of Structural Functionalism?
Emile Durkheim
W.E.B. DuBois
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Who is considered a founder of conflict theory?
Emile Durkheim
Herbert Spencer
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Who believed that revealing the laws by which societies and individuals interact would usher in a new “positivist” age of history.
Auguste Comte
Harriet Martineau
Herbert Spencer
Max Weber
Who studied race conflict?
Max Weber
Karl Marx
W.E.B. DuBois
Emile Durkheim
Who studied gender conflict and the role of women in society?
Max Weber
Karl Marx
Harriett Martineau
Emile Durkheim
Who is considered the founder of Symbolic Interactionism?
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
Karl Marx
Emlie Durkheim
Believed that industrialization and the factory system has hurt workers and society
Karl Marx
W.E.B. DuBois
Durkheim
Jane Addams
Who wanted to use the scientific method to study human behavior?
Auguste Comte
Karl Marx
W.E.B. DuBois
Emile Durkheim
Who founded the "Hull House", a settlement house for immigrants, the poor, and homeless?
W.E.B. DuBois
Karl Marx
Jane Addams
Emile Durkheim
Which sociological perspective states "work together to create stability and order"?
Structural Functionalist
Conflict Theorist
Symbolic Interactions
Auguste Comte encouraged people to use observation and experimentation to study social behavior to be sure about their findings.
true
false
Functionalists believe that because society is an integrated whole, changes in one part will lead to changes in other parts.
true
false
Max Weber's concept of ______ means that social behavior can be understood by putting yourself in their shoes (see things from their point of view).
Mechanical solidarity
Positivism
Social dynamic
Verstehen
This pioneer used science and sociology to disprove racist assumptions about African Americans and African descendants.
W.E.B. DuBois
Karl Marx
Harriet Martineau
Herbert Spencer
As a result of his work with analyzing suicides, ___________ showed that human social behavior must be explained by social factors rather than just psychological ones.
Emile Durkheim
W.E.B. DuBois
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
Employers wish to pay as little as possible for the employees’ labor, while the employees wish to maximize their wages.
What sociological theory is this an example of?
Functionalism
Conflict perspective:
Symbolic Interactionism
In some parts of the United States, wolves were hunted almost to the point of extinction. This caused the deer population to grow out of control in that area.
What sociological theory is this an example of?
Functionalism
Conflict perspective:
Symbolic Interactionism
The economy is doing well so the housing market is booming.
What sociological theory is this an example of?
Functionalism
Conflict perspective:
Symbolic Interactionism
A green traffic light means "go".
What sociological theory is this an example of?
Functionalism
Conflict perspective:
Symbolic Interactionism
The Six-Pointed Star: In Judaism is the known as the Star of David, but in Hinduism means unity between man and God, or between man and woman.
What sociological theory is this an example of?
Functionalism
Conflict perspective:
Symbolic Interactionism
The "Hook 'Em Horns" hand symbol used for The University of Texas (and Spanish Fort High School) to show school pride is also a hand symbol for Satanism in many parts of Europe.
What sociological theory is this an example of?
Functionalism
Conflict perspective:
Symbolic Interactionism
Which theory describes a major theory or idea of Jane Addams?
Sociologists should not just study data and social behavior, but also act to bring solutions to social problems. problems
The African American holds a double identity, his own and the one placed on him. Additionally in America, power is connected by race and therefore conflict exists in a struggle for power.
In this new modern society a new relationship has formed, which based on mutual transactions (teacher-student) rather than unconditional or mutual satisfaction (parent-child).
Before modern society, people’s behavior was rooted in emotions (non-rational), but now people behave based on calculations and for abstract reasons (rational),
"Social Darwinism"
Auguste Comte
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
"Positivism"
Auguste Comte
Jane Addams
Emile Durkheim
Max Weber
